polemos:4th_age:religions:ophis

Ophis

A Perifanic religion mostly practiced on the northern side of the Tannah Sea, often in regional cultic structures or as a disorganized folk religion. It considers all gods as belonging to a “Divine Council” often with equivalents to the Qhashdean pantheons, with spirits of all kinds serving the gods in a web of shifting loyalty and tribute. Ur (ascribed to El/Chronos) is seen as King of the gods and Creator of the cosmos, but absent due to having to hold the door to Elesh's prison shut. Ophis also ascribes human flaws to all the gods, and organizes them in a complex family tree mirroring a royal court. Importantly the goddess Arsara (ascribed to Perifania) is believed to be queen to Ur, and serving currently as regent of the divine council.

In many Ophistic cults the dragon Abad (ascribed to Apollyon) is currently serving as the dragon-consort to Arsara, and dragons are highly revered as servants of the divine council.

Perifanic Deity Classical Pantheon Deity
Royal Heads of the Council
Elesh Elesh
Ur Chronos
Abad Apollyon
Arsara Perifania
Ministers of the Council
Nahar Erihal
Shali Iremia
Tallai Symponia
Pidray Eleytheria
Arsay Psema
Hadad Basano
Mot Thymos
Ashima Moira
Kothar Erevno
Marqod Konran
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